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Mumbai Man Arrested for Murdering Son-in-Law's Second Wife Over Family Dispute
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News18•18-10-2026, 22:00
Mumbai Man Arrested for Murdering Son-in-Law's Second Wife Over Family Dispute
- •Sartaz Ahmed Siddique was arrested by Mumbai police for allegedly murdering his son-in-law's second wife, 26-year-old Rukhsana Siddique.
- •The accused's 24-year-old son, Samir Ahmed Siddique, is currently absconding and police are searching for him.
- •The victim's body was discovered in a highly decomposed state in a thicket near the Bandra Kurla Complex.
- •The crime came to light after the victim's husband lodged a kidnapping complaint when she went missing on September 28.
- •Sartaz confessed to strangling Rukhsana because he was unhappy that she became his son-in-law's second wife.
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Sartaz Ahmed Siddique (40) was arrested by the Vakola police for allegedly strangling the 26-year-old woman, Rukhsana Siddique, while his son Samir remains on the run.
According to police officials, the arrested accused confessed that he was unhappy because the victim, Rukhsana, had become his son-in-law Saqib's second wife.
The investigation began when the victim's husband, an auto-rickshaw driver named Saqib, approached the Vakola police station to file a kidnapping complaint after his wife went missing.
